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04-25-2012, 02:00 PM
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New Member
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Land Gear How much travel
Anyone know how far landing gear extends? Want to mark mine so as not to get in a bind. Did a search here with no results. I'm sure someone will reply. Thanks in advance.
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04-25-2012, 05:59 PM
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Montana Master
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Not sure how far they will extend, I usually try to keep the legs as short as possible. The shorter the legs the less movement you get. I use the lego blocks stacked under the legs to keep them short.
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04-25-2012, 07:13 PM
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Site Team
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There has been several postings related to landing legs in the last few months. Unfortunately the "Search" feature has gone missing once again and is useless. I do know the legs have 19-20" of travel. If you email or PM me your email address I will send you a bunch of PDFs on Venture's landing legs.
On Edit: corrected travel length to 19-20" (not 10-20")
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04-26-2012, 02:03 AM
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X2. Mine are marked at 19".
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04-26-2012, 03:10 AM
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The one thing I remember specifically from the documentation that came with my replacement legs was to leave 6 inches of travel on the legs the bottom when under a load. 19 inches sounds right for total travel.
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04-26-2012, 03:39 AM
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IMHO....travel on lubricated threads is good. Just not too much. Untraveled have a tendency to corrode. Proper lube of gears and shaft are key to long life. Larry
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04-26-2012, 04:00 AM
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Agree. The documentation recommended full travel occasionally (but only under NO load) up and down for just that reason.
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04-26-2012, 06:34 AM
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by 1retired06
Agree. The documentation recommended full travel occasionally (but only under NO load) up and down for just that reason.
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So to run them all the way out NO load, do you extend until they stop then back in? IE: is it harmful to go to the end? When I retract I go till it stops.
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04-26-2012, 07:10 AM
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by bighornram
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quote:Originally posted by 1retired06
Agree. The documentation recommended full travel occasionally (but only under NO load) up and down for just that reason.
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So to run them all the way out NO load, do you extend until they stop then back in? IE: is it harmful to go to the end? When I retract I go till it stops.
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IMHO, If you keep retracting them until they stop, plan on staying hitched to that bighornram while "Doc" the service guy fixes the stuck/stripped landing gear. Why not stop an inch short?
Mike
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04-26-2012, 07:28 AM
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by pineranch
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quote:Originally posted by bighornram
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quote:Originally posted by 1retired06
Agree. The documentation recommended full travel occasionally (but only under NO load) up and down for just that reason.
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So to run them all the way out NO load, do you extend until they stop then back in? IE: is it harmful to go to the end? When I retract I go till it stops.
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IMHO, If you keep retracting them until they stop, plan on staying hitched to that bighornram while "Doc" the service guy fixes the stuck/stripped landing gear. Why not stop an inch short?
Mike
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Had not really thought about it before. Just retracted till they were up. I'll certainly stop short from now on. Thanks for that tip. :S
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04-26-2012, 07:29 AM
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I agree with pineranch ... you just asking for failure when forcing the landing gear to full retraction. There's just no need for that kind of clearance. I'd also recommmend packing a few pieces of wood or those lego blocks along. That way you'll have no need to test anywhere near whatever full extension is.
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04-26-2012, 08:45 AM
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by dieselguy
I agree with pineranch ... you just asking for failure when forcing the landing gear to full retraction. There's just no need for that kind of clearance. I'd also recommmend packing a few pieces of wood or those lego blocks along. That way you'll have no need to test anywhere near whatever full extension is.
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I've done that for years.
Thanks for the heads up about retracting.
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04-26-2012, 01:00 PM
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Went to Venture Mfg. Co. web site. Found there is 20" of stroke. Don't think I would ever extend beyond 12" or so. Marked where the leg is retracted. Then extended out 19" and marked with a file for reference just in case I forget in the future. Thanks for all the replies.
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04-26-2012, 05:06 PM
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Site Team
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The Venture documentation states there should be at least 3" of leg exposed to avoid over retraction (and broken parts).
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